Movie
Sayonara
"I am not allowed to love. But I will love you if that is your desire..."
Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is compounded because a number of the soldiers become romantically involved with Japanese women, in defiance of US military policy. Ordinarily, a by-the-book officer, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man, Joe Kelly, falls in love with a Japanese woman, Katsumi, and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.
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Sayonara opened in theaters December 25, 1957. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is compounded because a number of the soldiers become romantically involved with Japanese women, in defiance of US military policy. Ordinarily, a by-the-book officer, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man, Joe Kelly, falls in love with a Japanese woman, Katsumi, and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.
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Cast
Marlon BrandoMajor Lloyd Gruver
Patricia OwensEileen Webster
James GarnerCapt. Mike Bailey
Martha ScottMrs. Webster
Miiko TakaHana-ogi
Miyoshi UmekiKatsumi
Red ButtonsJoe Kelly
Kent SmithGen. WebsterCredits
- Directed by
- Joshua Logan
- Written by
- Paul Osborn, James Michener
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
- Pennebaker ProductionsUnited States
- William Goetz ProductionsUnited States
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States